WorthyNewsBot Posted March 30, 2016 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.44 Content Count: 44,534 Content Per Day: 7.19 Reputation: 987 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted March 30, 2016 By Joseph DeCaro (Worthy News) - Unidentified gunmen last week kidnapped three United Church of Christ in Nigeria clerics in Kaduna State. According to Morning Star News, masked gunmen stormed a camp site where the pastors were preparing for an Easter retreat. Armed with AK-47s, the gunmen dragged the clerics into their vehicle as the rest fled for their lives. Abducted were the Reverends Emmanuel Dziggau, Yakubu Dzarma and Iliya Anto, a retired church leader. Although Anto was released just hours after his abduction due to poor health, the kidnappers still demanded 100 million naira (US$500,000) for the other two clerics. Local police officials said they have set up a special task force to address cattle rustlers in Kaduna state who have now turned to kidnapping. No related posts. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Dove77 Posted March 30, 2016 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 326 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 272 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/07/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted March 30, 2016 Heaveny Father, These men are your children.The blood of the lamb has redeemed them. I pray according to your Word.,asking for your protection for each of these men, Give safety,and ease them ,day by day. On the Authority of your Word,I ask that you destroy the tyrants schemes.O,Lord,confuse their ongues. Father,You and You alone,are our safety and our Divine protection, In jesus name ,Amen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchool2 Posted April 3, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 701 Topics Per Day: 0.13 Content Count: 7,511 Content Per Day: 1.34 Reputation: 1,759 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/16/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/18/1955 Share Posted April 3, 2016 UPDATE "Two of three pastors kidnapped in north-central Nigeria on March 21 have been released, while the third died after being left in the wild, sources said. "The Rev. Iliya Anto, initially said to have been released by the kidnappers because of ill health, was found dead in the bush 10 days after the abduction, said the Rev. Jibrailu Wobiya, general secretary of the United Church of Christ in Nigeria (HEKAN). Details of his death remained unclear, but he was reportedly said to have died after the kidnappers left him in the wild. Anto was a pastor and vice president of the HEKAN in Kaduna city. "The other two pastors, the Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Dziggau, president of the church, and the Rev. Yakubu Dzarma, a retired church leader, were released on Wednesday night (March 30), Wobiya said. "Unidentified assailants kidnapped the three pastors along the Kaduna-Abuja Road as the Christian leaders were supervising work at the church’s prayer camp ground. "'I can now confirm the release of the two, Rev. Emmanuel Dziggau, the president of our church, and the Rev. Yakubu Dzarma, a retired pastor of our church,' Wobiya told Morning Star News. 'Unfortunately, the third pastor, the Rev. Iliya Anto, died during the incident...'" Wobiya declined to say whether or not his church paid the ransom the kidnappers had demanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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